Filtering by Qualifying

Lommel lived up to its moniker as ‘the toughest track on the planet’ for the Honda HRC duo of Ruben Fernandez (MXGP) and Valerio Lata (MX2) as they struggled to navigate the sandy terrain, finishing 23rd and 15th respectively. On a day that continued the season-long theme of rainy MXGP… read more.

The Honda HRC duo of Ruben Fernandez (MXGP) and Valerio Lata (MX2) finished third and second respectively in their Czech GP qualification races, showing that the muddy conditions were no match for their Honda machinery. For Fernandez, this was on-board a prototype Honda CRF450R, that he’d only tested for a… read more.

Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez capped off a solid day of action at the sandy KymiRing near Kouvola, Finland to finish fourth in qualification and give himself a good gate-pick for tomorrow’s GP-scoring motos. A seventh in free practice showed that he wasn’t too far off the top guys, which then… read more.

Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez battled through the field at the MXGP of Great Britain to finish fourth, closing up to fourth place in the MXGP championship standings in the process. Unfortunately in MX2 timed practice, Valerio Lata was caught up in another rider’s mistake and although he tried to race… read more.

After his big impact at the MXGP of Germany last weekend, Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez put in an impressive performance to finish in fourth place at the Latvian qualification race. Rain overnight had hammered the sandy Kegums circuit, but by the time the MXGP riders took to the racetrack, the… read more.

Honda HRC’s Valerio Lata took his first qualification victory of his career as he led from start to finish to comprehensively win the MXGP of Germany MX2 qualification race. Throughout the day, the Honda CRF250R had been looking menacing and once he grabbed the holeshot, he powered away from the… read more.

Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez finished fourth at Ernee, continuing his good run of recent form here at the French GP qualification race and setting himself up nicely for tomorrow’s GP-scoring motos. The Spaniard finished on the podium in Portugal and Spain, in what were two GPs hit by torrential rain,… read more.

Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez was involved in a first-turn pile-up, robbing the home rider of any chance of a good qualification race result at this MXGP of Spain. As the rain fell on this Lugo circuit, the #70 tried his best to come through the field, but on a track… read more.

Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez fought through another muddy day in Portugal to finish sixth in the qualification race, held at the Agueda circuit. After horrendous conditions last year, rain once again hammered to track to make survival the number one priority and for the most-part the #70 was able to… read more.

Ruben Fernandez and Tim Gajser went one-two respectively in the MXGP of Switzerland qualification race, dominating the MXGP class by nearly 30 seconds and making a statement for the Honda HRC team. Fernandez’ holeshot followed on from Valerio Lata’s holeshot in the MX2 class, showing the power of the CRF… read more.